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Ozobot is a powerful tiny robot that teaches STEM and computer science learning through a collection of game based activities and digital apps. Its easy-to-understand color code language makes Ozobot the perfect choice for introducing young minds to concepts that are vital to their success in the 21st century.

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I have purchased 4 to use in my makerspace. It is a great table top robot. It worked well with my k-8th graders. The younger students made simple color trails, the 3-5th graders loved making their own trails using the color codes. My Junior student loved to make them dance on top of the ipad. There are several free apps that allow tablet and phone interactions. You can even program the little guys using Scratch.

The kit comes with everything you need although I used the thicker Crayola markers for my younger students because it was easier to make thicker trails. The younger students enjoyed dressing up the bots almost as much as the older students did. These are an affordable way to introduce some robots. Other bots such as Spero and Dot and Dash come with a much higher price point. The students had fun and really enjoyed the coding experience.

I received an Ozobot Starter Pack for Christmas 2015, over the last month my son and I have played with it a few times. The first time we played with it we tore through the included activity pack in one sitting. After that he no longer had any interest in doing the sample exercises again.

We then moved onto using the included markers, I think that the included markers should have been a wide round tip instead of the chisel tip. Too often my 5 year old son's lines have a point that is too narrow for the Ozobot to follow, a round tip would have kept the lines uniform no matter what angle you use the markers at. Overall a neat thing to mess around with, getting the commands right with the marker can be hit or miss.

We then tried using the iPad app on my iPad 2. The app ran fine for me (a lot of reviews complain of crashing), but the Ozobot would not pick-up all of the commands correctly from the color dots, even with the brightness all the way up.

Finally we tried programming the Ozobot with Blockly, this is by far our favorite way to use the bot. I knew Blockly already when I taught myself to program a few years ago and made an app with it Let's Pretend - Police Radio, and my son was familiar with it from the "Hour of Code" website. Once he got the hang of programming the bot we have been having a blast making the robot do all sorts of stuff. For example we tied a string to it and programmed it to do a loop around the kitchen island for our cat, or programmed it to navigate a maze of Duplos and chair legs. It's neat to have a robot that you can program easily and see how it works in the real world, even if what it can do is limited. The only think I dislike about the web interface is any changes to the program, even a minor tweak takes about 20-30 seconds to re-upload to the bot via a colored dot on your screen.

Unfortunately the Blockly mode costs $10 with this pack, where it comes included with the Ozobot Bit 2.0 (Crystal White). If you are able to find this on sale I would take into account the extra $10 the Blockly upgrade will cost vs the Bit, because I consider it required to have the most fun with the Ozobot.

Edit 08/31/16 - As of right now the Blockly upgrade is free, but the site states that is free for only a limited time. You can go to the Ozoblockly website and check to see if there is an upgrade cost for the starter kit to help you compare costs between the two packs.

As a veteran educator, I'm always looking for the next best educational toy. With Ozobot, I've found it. The out of the box ease of use is great. Having markers, stickers, full color code sheets ready to go, means that my 4 year old nephew could use it as well as my 8 and 9 year old students.

I have 8 and my adult friends like them as well. We've program dance offs, races and super long maps for our own entertainment.

I purchased this toy in November because it is very popular and I wanted to be sure to have one for a Christmas gift. We charged it. Followed instructions for calibrating it. We downloaded the apps that go with the toy. None of it works. The Ozobot will not follow lines on paper. It will not follow lines on the apps. It will not calibrate. It's an expensive paperweight and my son is broken hearted. He loved this toy at Maker Camp and was so excited to get one for Christmas. I've contacted Ozobot customer support. I've read every word on their web site. Nothing helps. We need a replacement toy. Ours is defective.

Great robot toy for younger kids! It basically bridges the gap between 'robots' which are remote controlled toys and robots which require actual programming. They can follow lines drawn on a piece of paper, and you can draw simple commands with markers on the track (speed up, spin around, etc) with a stripe system they worked out. They're also actually programmable. These things are awesome - we ended up ordering a 2nd starter pack so that we can have 'races' between two robots.Between the two starter packs, an pack of pre-printed stickers with commands that we picked up in addition to the starter pack, and a giant pad of paper (think 3ft by 2.5 ft), we've had an amazing time with this toy. Just the starter pack is pretty neat on its own, too!

I can't get my 11 year old to even open this and try it out. He's into video games, math, science and his dad is a Computer Programmer (that's me). I just collects dust in his room. I'll update my review if/when he actually tries it out but as of right now, it was basically a waste and I don't want to force him to play with it.

I have been in IT for almost 20 years and know what it is like to be frustrated by technology that doesn't work. These robots were frustrating to no end. We tried 4 different devices and could only get the Ozobots to sync with the programs about 50% of the time. The status lights would blink erratically and we could not get consistent behavior. Many times the robot would start to sync and blink green and then halfway through the program upload it would turn solid red and stop uploading the program. Very frustrating for my kids who are also very technical for their age.

Very smart design, should have a little bigger dimension hence the 4 stars. My 10 yr old girl loves it, especially the fact that she draws her own whimsical robot routes on plain paper with the pens that come with the toy and decorate it as she wishes to with the cute little stickers included in the box. She races her ibot with a similar one her friend has on their playdates. Overall a good buy.